nmassello@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Neill Massello) wrote:
>WGD <wgd.roaming@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> Just read in "The Week", Vol 8, Issue 352 did March 14,'08, pg42
(drawn
>> from slate.com) - did SONY bribe Warner Bros by paying them somewhere
>> between $400 and $500 million to go with Blu-Ray?
>>
>> *IF* so, another stab in the chest of the consumer. Does anyone know
the
>> truth?
>
>Well, the president of Warner Home Video presumably knows the truth. At
>the press conference following the announcement, he was asked whether
>his company had been paid to go Blu exclusively. His response was "I
>wish." Not a categorical denial, but enough to provoke a lawsuit if it
>turns out that WHV did get paid to switch.
>
>In any case, the numbers that have been thrown around about this aren't
>very plausible. A $500 million payment would constitute something like
>$100 for every Blu-ray playback device sold to date.
>
>The fact is that HD DVD was pretty much a flop outside the United
>States. Worldwide, Blu-ray discs were outselling HDs by 2 to 1 during
>most of 2007, and Warner didn't need to be bribed to see the writing on
>the wall.
The main reason that HD DVD was a flop outside the US is because the
local greedy To****ba distributors hiked up the prices to those of
the Blu-ray equivalents and showed no sign of dropping the player
prices like they did in the US. Here in NZ To****ba is still listing
the entry level players at US$874 which is the price set about 8
months ago..
http://www.to****banz.co.nz/default.asp?ObjectID=526
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